Post by Critique on Jan 10, 2007 14:57:33 GMT -5

1/4/2007

Tampa, Florida — A female police officer used her taser to zap a 69-year-old man when he tried to hit her with his cane. She had just brought him home from a bar where he had been causing trouble, police said.

Nathaniel West Youman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The incident began when Officer Stephanie Haley was called to Gene's Bar on 22nd St. to remove a man who was causing trouble. He was identified as Youman.

She took him home to his caretaker, police said, but he refused to calm down. He began striking his caretaker with his cane and apparently turned and raised the cane at the officer, despite her order to drop it. That's when Officer Haley took out her taser and gave him a jolt.

He was taken to the Hillsborough County jail and held on $2,000 bond pending a court appearance expected on Thursday.

Post by md4j on Jan 11, 2007 16:01:46 GMT -5

pepper said:

1/4/2007

Tampa, Florida — A female police officer used her taser to zap a 69-year-old man when he tried to hit her with his cane. She had just brought him home from a bar where he had been causing trouble, police said.

Nathaniel West Youman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The incident began when Officer Stephanie Haley was called to Gene's Bar on 22nd St. to remove a man who was causing trouble. He was identified as Youman.

She took him home to his caretaker, police said, but he refused to calm down. He began striking his caretaker with his cane and apparently turned and raised the cane at the officer, despite her order to drop it. That's when Officer Haley took out her taser and gave him a jolt.

He was taken to the Hillsborough County jail and held on $2,000 bond pending a court appearance expected on Thursday.